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2010 Ford SVT Raptor - Radical Raptor

The Ford SVT Raptor has turned out to be a popular vehicle in the F-150 line of trucks. The majority are left bone stock and many never even set a tire on dirt. That's not the case at all with this 2010 truck owned by Dave Corbett. It's a unique beast that's been evolving as Dave has put it to hard use in the Arizona desert.

We ran across Dave kicking up dust one Sunday afternoon. Luckily, he stopped by to say hello, so we got the chance to check out his built Raptor. We discovered Dave drives solely with hand controls. He was injured in a motorcycle accident five years ago and lost the use of his legs. Hence, he operates throttle and brake with his left hand and steers with his right. He's focused on getting back in the desert to enjoy spending time in the dirt, despite his disability. What he used to love to do in the desert on a dirt bike he now does in his tricked out Raptor.

Dave had Boatec fiberglass front fenders and bedsides installed. Both provide a 2-inch rise and 2-inch bulge to increase tire clearance and widen the body stance. The bedsides were mounted directly to the stock structure of the bed after the original ones were cut off. The Boatec bedsides offer a wider bulge to keep the tires tucked in. An SDHQ rear bumper sits tight to the tail of the bed and a pair of Vision X LEDs provide backup lighting.

Dave was reportedly the first Raptor owner to experience a bent rear frame after jumping his truck hard with a mere 2,000 miles on the odometer. He looked to Super Duty Headquarters (SDHQ) in Gilbert, Arizona, for help fixing the frame and upgrading the Raptor. With the frame repaired, they went to work adding a custom hydraulic bumpstop to control the rear suspension bottoming. From there, the truck has been well used and continually improved.

The front suspension has a full set of Camburg control arms and Icon 3.0 coilovers. The rear is setup with Deaver spring-under packs and an SDHQ cantilever system with Fox coilovers. The engine has been tuned for more power to turn 35-inch Toyo tires on Method beadlocks. Numerous other performance, lighting, and protection modifications have been done to make this Raptor stand out and deliver performance far beyond what Ford designed these trucks to do.

We followed Dave back into the desert on the five-year anniversary of his accident and watched him push the limits of his Raptor using only hand controls to slide and jump the truck, carving sandy ruts in the soft sand. We were impressed!